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iii ii JESSE Bl-LIIICDWIN', OE' J'EFFEESON JEARRACKS, IVIISSOITEI.

TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919..

Application ilec October '7, 1918. Serial No. 257,312.

To (ZZZ tubom z'lf mag concern:

Be it known that I, JEssn BALDWIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jefferson Barracks, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying draw- 1ngs. v

This invention relates to tools, and. has forits priinary object to provide a very simply constructed and serviceable tool which may be adapted to amultiplicity of derent uses.` i

It is one of the particular objects of the present invention to provide an improved mounting and arrangement of a screwdriver upon 21 hammer-head, whereby ,the screwdriver may be readily moved to" an operative Or inoper`ative position with respect to the hammer-head, the hammer-head and the handle being recessed in one side to receive a screwdriver in the inoperative position thereof, so that the screwdriver will serve as a reinforcement for the handle and minimize the possibility of breakage or fracture of the handle.

It is also another object of theinvention to provide simple and effective means for positively and securely fastening the hammcr-head upon the handle.

lit is also an additional object of the in-` vention to provide a tool of the above character, the head of which is provided with,

tackand nail-extracting `means, wirestretching means, and a tach-receiving pocket or recess in the end face of the hammer-head with a suitable closure therefor.

With the aboveand otherobjects in view, the invention consists in the improved construction, combination, and relative arrangement of the several parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, subsequently claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which similar refererice characters clesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein 'Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved tool showing the screwdriver in its extended or operative position;-

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, with the screwdriver in its folded, inoperative position;

Fig. 3- isa section talrenon theline 3-3 of Fig. 1; and.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the hammer-head, showing the cover for the tackreceiving recess partly withdrawn.

Referring in detail to the drawing, designates the head of the tool, which may be of any desired dimensions and is formed upon one of its ends with a hammer enlargement 6. The other end of the head 5 is elongated and provided with a flat or plane end face 7, which is preferably highly polished. At one end of the face 7, the head 5 is formed with the spaced claws 8, the inner opposed edges of which are divergently disposed and preferably beveled. These claws are employed for the extraction of tacks, the head of the tach being received in the recess between the beveled edges thereof. At the opposite end of the face 7 'of the tool head, the relatively long claws 9 12' is disposed. A flexible metal band 13 has an openlng in one end to receive said bolt, saidend of the band being disposed between the bolt head and the side of the tool head. The band is then extended around the end of the tool head 5 and the other end of said band, which is lilrewise provided with an opening, is engaged over the threaded end of the bolt 12. The nut 1 1 is then threaded upon the bolt to tightly clamp the latter end Of the band against the opposite sideof the tool head.

The tool head 5 is formed in one of its side faces with a groove or channel 15, which extends at right angles to the longitudinal axis of said head, and said channel is in alinement with a longitudinally extending groove or channel 16 formed in the corresponding side Of the handle 11. A pin 17 extends across the outer end of the channel 15 and is securely Exed in the tool head. Upon this pin, a screw-driving bit 18 is loosely engaged at one of its ends for pivotal or `swinging movement. Thus, the bt 18 may be extended from the end of the tool' l1ead, as seen in Fig. 1, so that its point can be operatively engaged with the kerf in the screw head and said sorewdriver then operated by turning the tool handle and the head 5 fixed thereto. To the tool head, at one side of the channel 15 therein, resilient retaining Clips -19 are pivoted at one of their ends, as at 20, and are adapted to be sprung outwardly and then .moved upon the screwdriver bit 18 when the latter is folded in its inoperative position, as seen in Fig. 2. In this position of the screwdriver, the free end thereof fits within the channel or groove 16 in the tool handle 11. The handle of the tool is thus somewhat strengthened or reinforced 'at its point of connection to the tool head and liability Of breakage or fracture of the handle at its junction with the head is thus reduced.

In the end face 7- of the tool head, centrally tl1ereof, a pocket or recess 21 is formed, in which a number of tacks 1nay loe conveniently carried. The open side of this pocket is adapted to be closed by a slide plate 22, which is mounted in transverse guide grooves or channels formed in the face of the tool head. JVllen the slide plate or cover is forced inwardly and over the open side of the pocket 21, said plate is flush with the face 7 of the tool head, so that this `end of the head will present a perfectly smooth, flat surface, which may be moved over a board, floor or other part when it is desired to extract nails or tacks.

In the inner edge of the tool head, between the handle and the extracting olaws 9, a notol1 or recess 528 is formed. This recess is adapted to receive a fence wire, the tool being engaged with the wire immediately behind one of the barlos thereof. Thus, by means of the tool, the wire can be conveniently stretched.

In the butt end of the handle ll, a rectangular longitudinally extending bore Ze is formed to receive a steel rule 95- This rule may be of any suitable length and is properly graduated. The rule is entirely received within said bore, and the end face' of the handle is preferably notched at opposite sides of the bore 24 so that the fingers may be readily engaged with the end of the rule and the latter withdrawn.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the acco1npanying drawing, the construction, manner of use and several advantages of my invention will be clearly and fully understood. It will be seen that I have devised a very convenient and serviceable tool, and one which can be applied to a variety of uses. The several parts of the device are of simple and durable construction, so that the tool as a Wlllle may be cheaply manufactured and so While I have herein shown and described the preferred construction and. relative arrangement of the several parts of my improvecl tool, it is to be understood that the same are susceptible of considerable modification and I, therefore, reserve theprivilege of aclopting all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim 1. Tn a tool of the character described, a tool head and handle therefor, said handle and the head having alined channels formed in their corresponding outside faces, a sorewdriver disposed entirely in said channels in the inoperative position thereof and adapted to be extended from the channels in projecting relation to the tool head, and means for retaining the screwdriver within said channels.

2. In a tool of the character described, a tool head and handle therefor, said handle and the head having alined channels formed in their corresponding outside faces, a screwdriver pivotally mounted at one end in the channel in the tool head and adapted to be folded into said channel and the channel in the handle in the inoperative position of the screwdriver, and means for retaining the screwdriver within said channels and projected from the head.-

8. In a tool of the character described, a tool head and. handle therefor, said handle and the head having alined Channels formed A .in their corresponding side faces, ma screwdriver pivotally mounted at one end in the cham1el in the tool head and adapted to be folded into said channel and the channel in the handle in the inoperative position of the screwdriver, and resilient retainers pivotally mounted upon the side of the tool headto engage the screwdriver and retain the Same within said channels.

4:. A tool having a longitudinally extending channeleformed in one side face thereof, the channel being open at one end, and a sorewdriver pivotally mounted at one end in said channel and adapted to be folded into said channel in the inoperative position of the screwdriver but rotated upon its pivot to a projected position, and retaining devices pivotally mounted upon the side of said tool to engage over the screwdriver and retain the same within the channel.

In testimony whereof T hercunto afiix` my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

J ESSE BALDVVIN.

VVitnesses:

ORVAL L. MIJLLINS, HAROLD L. LEWIIGEIT.

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